Legal Definition and Related Resources of Casualty

accident or unexpected occurrence. damage caused by negligence is not casualty loss. Cunningham v Sinclair Oil Corp., 175 S. E. 2d 46, 121 Ga. App. 722.

Inevitable accident. TJn foreseen circumstances not to be guarded against by human agency, and in which man takes no part. Story, Bailm. § 240; 1 Pars. Cont. 543-547.

noun

• accident
• adversity
• affliction
• backset
• bad fortune
• blight
• calamity
• catastrophe
• contretemps
• déb